Favorite Sweet And Sour Chicken Food

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a large non-stick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Season chicken strips with salt and pepper and add to pan. Brown chicken and remove to plate. Add red and green peppers and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in pineapple chunks, juice, sugar, vinegar and broth and bring to a simmer. Simmer until sauce begins to reduce. Stir in cornstarch mixture and bring liquid to a simmer. Stir in chicken strips and cook for 5 minutes. Serve over rice.

EASY SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine flour, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper in a shallow dish.
• Roll and coat chicken cubes in flour mixture.
• Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Cook and stir chicken in hot oil until not longer pink in the center and juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes; remove and set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in the same skillet over medium heat.
• Cook and stir celery, green peppers, and onion in heated oil until slightly tender, about 5 minutes.
• Return chicken to the skillet.
• Whisk ketchup, lemon juice, pineapple, and brown sugar in a bowl; pour into the skillet; bring to a boil.
• Cook and stir chicken and vegetables in sauce until heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.

SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN I

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups water, sugar, vinegar, reserved pineapple juice, and orange food coloring. Heat to boiling. Turn off heat. Combine 1/4 cup cornstarch and 1/4 cup water; slowly stir into saucepan. Continue stirring until mixture thickens.
• Combine flour, 2 tablespoons oil, 2 tablespoons cornstarch, salt, white pepper, and egg. Add 1 1/2 cups water gradually to make a thick batter. Stir to blend thoroughly. Add chicken pieces, and stir until chicken is well coated.
• Heat oil in skillet or wok to 360 degrees F (180 degrees C). Fry chicken pieces in hot oil 10 minutes, or until golden. Remove chicken, and drain on paper towels.
• When ready to serve, layer green peppers, pineapple chunks, and cooked chicken pieces on a platter. Pour hot sweet and sour sauce over top.

KIMMY'S FAVORITE SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Marinate chicken cubes in soy sauce in a bowl for 30 minutes.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet on medium-high heat.
• Remove chicken from soy sauce and cook and stir in the heated skillet until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear.
• Remove chicken from the skillet and set aside.
• Heat vinegar, sugar and 1/2 cup water together over medium heat in the same skillet until the sugar dissolves.
• Combine cornstarch and 1/2 cup water in a bowl and add to the vinegar mixture.
• Stir mixture and lower heat to medium-low.
• Pour pineapple juice and tomato soup into vinegar mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Stir in carrots, onion, and bell pepper.
• Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes; until sauce is reddish-yellow and the vegetables are cooked.
• Add the pineapple chunks and cooked chicken to the sauce and heat for 2 to 4 minutes.